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Got a lovely letter in the post today

85 in an 80 zone.........1 point $128

I thought the Aus Standards said the speedo could be + or - 10% ??

not good mate.

its normally ur recorded speed -3km/h is how they determine ur final speed.

i can only guess u were in the car cos i know u'r bike would fall over if u were going that slow.

mrmina wrote:not good mate.

its normally ur recorded speed -3km/h is how they determine ur final speed.
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think mina is correct here
so you were actually doing 88.....sprung...

No, it was on the bike .......that's why I can't understand it
The only thing I can think of around 17th December was it was raining and the lights turned to red as I got to the line and I gunned it across cos I knew I wouldn't be able to stop safely on the shitty road surface.
Farkin speeds I go at, it's embarrassing to be done so close to the limit

Smitty1955 wrote:think mina is correct here

when has that been an issue. i'm always correct

Make sure you request the photo!

Not good mate ... $185 would buy a decent <insert nice bike parts here>

Hope I don't get mine for last week's ride

Bad luck man...

I once got done doing 56 in a 40 zone at midnight... There wasn't another car, house, person in sight and i was rolling down a slight decline...
Bastards...

Rossi wrote:No, it was on the bike .......that's why I can't understand it
The only thing I can think of around 17th December was it was raining and the lights turned to red as I got to the line and I gunned it across cos I knew I wouldn't be able to stop safely on the shitty road surface.
Farkin speeds I go at, it's embarrassing to be done so close to the limit

Hey Rossi,
Where did you get done. Was it one of the new combined speed / red light cameras. I'd get the photo ..... you never know, a mate in work who drives a Camry wagon got his photo and found it was a Falcon wagon with a similar number. This was after he swore at all the kids and banned them from driving after they told him they had never been in that area. Boy was he
Tony

Sorry to hear mate. Glad i didn't tell you which way to go home, last time i did that, Mario got pinged.
As Jas said, request the photo. If your not the only one in it, fight it. If you are, burn it. Because you should be ashamed.

Show us the Messiah's Photo! The Messiah's Photo! The Messiah's Photo! Show us the Messiah's Photo!

Now, you listen here! He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! Now, go away!

Who are you?!

I'm The plod. That's who.

Behold the plod! Behold the plod! Hail to thee, policeman of Rossi! Blessed art thou, piggy! All praise to thee, now and always!

Ohhh, now, don't think you can get around me like that. He's not coming out, and that's my final word. Now, shove off!

I know, but i love that (editted Monty Python scene) and it was the first thing that popped into my head. I go to bed now...... Soon.......

TopCat wrote:
I'd get the photo ..... you never know, a mate in work who drives a Camry wagon got his photo and found it was a Falcon wagon with a similar number.

The plates are checked via a computer using OCR software, and it's bound to make mistakes from time to time. After the computer identifies the best match, they are checked by a real live person.

But, if you were sitting there for 8 hours a day checking number plates, you'd be clicking "Yes, Correct, Next..... " for every one whilst reading your Woman's Day to!

mate..i got done TWICE in the space of an hour on my way to PI 3 yrs ago (as
most ppl here kno)...64 and then 65 in a 60 zone..farkin ridiculous!! i was
riding with 5 bikes, all 6 of us were in the pics & i tried 3 times to get
it over turned, and never got out of it...good luck mate..i got my name
taken last weekend..3am in glenelg, 3 of us did u turns over a broken
line..there was NOONE around, and cab drivers do it non stop all day/nite
from the same spot..every bike in SA does it, yet the cops warned us..as i
said, "its 3am, town is dead, and it was a safe slow speed manouvre"...they
let us off with a warning, but musta been a quiet nite in adelaide!!
Neka
2000 CBR 929RR
1988 KDX200 thrasher
1996 VS SERIES 2 UTE
"dont hate me cos im sexy, hate me cos ur mrs thinks im sexy"



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u got done on yr bike? that worries me big time
are they diff cameras to here in wa?

neka79 at optusnet.com.au wrote:mate..i got done TWICE in the space of an hour on my way to PI 3 yrs ago (as
most ppl here kno)...64 and then 65 in a 60 zone..farkin ridiculous!! i was
riding with 5 bikes, all 6 of us were in the pics & i tried 3 times to get
it over turned, and never got out of it...good luck mate..
neka

Neka,
The guys who man the car based speed cameras in Vic look at each photo after its been taken to establish if it is a good one (can stand up in court) and whether there is more than 1 vehicle in the pic. If there is more than 1 then they trash it (similar to a digital camera). I thought that this was because it was inconclusive evidence as to who was speeding.

Could you not have argued that only one bike was speeding and happened to pass the camera at the same time as the others were legitimately in the piccie?

Tony

TopCat wrote:
Could you not have argued that only one bike was speeding and happened to pass the camera at the same time as the others were legitimately in the piccie?

It's not quite that easy. Some cameras can determine which vehicle is speeding. If they can't, they can work out which vehicle was speeding by using some tricky maths. This all takes time and costs money, so often they don't bother.

Othertimes, you may try and get out of a speeding fine based on the above, but the Police will just say "Yeah, we hear you, but let's just go to court and see what the court says."